Richard Charles Houston (November 16, 1945 – December 11, 1982) was an
American football
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wide receiver who played five seasons with the
New York Giants of the
National Football League
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(NFL). He was drafted by the New York Giants in the fourth round of the
1969 NFL Draft
The 1969 National Football League draft was part of the common draft, the third and final year in which the NFL and American Football League (AFL) held a joint draft of college players. The draft took place January 28–29, 1969.
The draft be ...
. He played
college football at
East Texas State University
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Etymology
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and attended Dunbar High School in
Texarkana, Texas
Texarkana is a city in Bowie County, Texas, United States, in the Ark-La-Tex region. Located approximately from Dallas, Texarkana is a twin city with neighboring Texarkana, Arkansas. The Texas city's population was 36,193 at the 2020 census.
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. Houston was killed in a car crash on December 11, 1982.
References
External links
Just Sports Stats
1945 births
1982 deaths
Players of American football from Texas
American football wide receivers
African-American players of American football
Texas A&M–Commerce Lions football players
New York Giants players
People from Texarkana, Texas
Road incident deaths in New Jersey
20th-century African-American sportspeople
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